Now you can play along as the stars do and hope to achieve a nine letter word or the elusive target number before the 30 seconds expire. There's also the Countdown Conundrum, where you need to be quick off the mark to spot the jumbled up word before your fellow contestants. And for a real feeling of "being there", the familiar music will count you down so you don't have to take your eyes off the page as you try to win the game that has become a true household name since it launched Channel 4 back in 1982.